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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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